Childcare information

Bolton Families Information Service

Bolton Families Information Service offers free information on early education and services for children, young people and families in Bolton including help with childcare costs.

Funded early educatioin and childcare

Every child aged three and four is eligible to access up to 570 hours of free early education per year. The free places are available in settings that are Ofsted registered and are on the local authority register of eligible providers.

Some two year old children are eligible for a funded place and if you think your child might qualify you can call into a Start Well Children's Centre or approved childcare provider with your National Insurance number and your child's birth certificate and they will be able to check for you.

Information about other types of help with childcare costs is available on the Childcare Choices website where you will also find a childcare calculator to estimate what you might be entitled to.